Railroads and the Transformation of China

Railroads and the Transformation of China PDF

Author: Elisabeth Köll

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-01-14

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0674368177

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To convey modern China’s history and the forces driving its economic success, rail has no equal. From warlordism to Cultural Revolution, railroads suffered the country’s ills but persisted because they were exemplary institutions. Elisabeth Köll shows why they remain essential to the PRC’s technocratic economic model for China’s future.